It is with great sadness that I add Dick to my list of famous tiers, I first met him 10 years ago at the Somerset New Jersey Fly tying Symposium. He was always friendly and helpful and surrounded by a crowd of enraptured fans....

The First Lady of Fly Tying Helen Elizabeth Shaw recalled spotting her first trout at the age of three as “love at first sight”. Often accompanying her father on fishing journeys, the important relationship of the...